How to Use otolaryngologist in a Sentence

otolaryngologist

noun
  • Your primary care physician might refer you to an ear, nose, and throat specialist (otolaryngologist) or an oral surgeon.
    — Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 27 Sep. 2024
  • You may also be referred to an otolaryngologist, or an ENT (ear, nose, and throat doctor).
    — Carley Millhone, Health, 20 Oct. 2024
  • An otolaryngologist at first suspected the cause was genetic.
    — Edward Chen, STAT, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The study, published in Laryngoscope, looked at 347 people with sleep apnea who were fitted with a mouth guard by an otolaryngologist.
    — Nicholas Bakalar, Star Tribune, 5 June 2021
  • Eric Holbrook, an otolaryngologist, often works with patients who need surgeries in their sinus cavities.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The scientists were able to check the results of their system against a clinical diagnosis given by an otolaryngologist who examined each patient.
    — Maggie Chen, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2022
  • If surgery or hearing aids are required, a specialist, such as an otolaryngologist (also called an ENT, or ear, nose, and throat doctor), may be needed.
    — Sherri Gordon, Health, 30 Dec. 2024
  • The 44-year-old married the plastic surgeon and otolaryngologist Krein in 2012 after two years of dating.
    — Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Perry already has appointments with a otolaryngologist and a neurologist.
    — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2024
  • It was designed by Carlos O’Connor Reina, a Spanish otolaryngologist.
    — Gilad Edelman, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2026
  • When evaluating dysphonia, otolaryngologists place a flexible tube attached to a tiny camera through a person's nose or mouth—called a fiberoptic scope—to visualize the larynx and vocal cords.
    — Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 5 July 2025
  • Going to a hearing professional (an otolaryngologist or audiologist) and being fitted for a hearing aid costs thousands of dollars, and insurance may not cover it.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Most people with slight to moderate hearing loss, though, will save hundreds or even thousands of dollars by buying and fitting devices to their needs without the intervention of an audiologist or an otolaryngologist.
    — Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2022
  • If hearing loss is detected, the audiologist will probably refer you to an ear, nose, and throat (ENT) doctor, or otolaryngologist.
    — Kristen Fischer, Health, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Getting a well-fitting pair of hearing aids includes multiple visits to the otolaryngologist, audiologist, and the hearing aid center, all of which come with their own transportation and language barriers.
    — Dr. Angela Zhang, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Additionally, Bumpous is a professor and chair of the otolaryngology department and works as an otolaryngologist for Norton.
    — Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Tonsillectomy is the second-most common procedure performed by otolaryngologists.
    — Pao Vang, M.d., Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2023
  • Over 40 years later, Golden decided to visit an otolaryngologist — or ear, nose and throat (ENT) physician — due to concerns about having constant sore throats.
    — Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Zara Patel, an otolaryngologist at Stanford University, who was not involved in the study, says that human beings constantly sample the environment for odors.
    — Hannah Docter-Loeb, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Melynda Barnes is a facial plastic and reconstructive surgeon, an otolaryngologist, and chief medical officer of Ro, a direct-to-patient healthcare company.
    — Melynda Barnes, STAT, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Ashley Biden, 44, married the 58-year-old plastic surgeon and otolaryngologist (commonly known as an ear, nose, throat doctor) in June 2012.
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
  • One of the most notable potential conflicts for Biden is his close relationship with Krein, an otolaryngologist and plastic surgeon who helped Biden navigate the brain cancer diagnosis of his late son Beau.
    — Michael Scherer, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Dec. 2020
  • Eric Kezirian, an otolaryngologist and sleep-medicine doctor at UCLA, told me that snoring is probably a by-product of several other adaptations that were useful.
    — Gilad Edelman, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2026
  • At 19-years-old, Rebecca visited an ophthalmologist and an otolaryngologist, who diagnosed her with Usher syndrome type 3.
    — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 16 May 2024
  • Means graduated from Stanford Medical School and pursued a surgical residency as an otolaryngologist, often called an ENT doctor.
    — Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Trump's new surgeon general nominee sparks drama Means graduated from Stanford Medical School and pursued a surgical residency as an otolaryngologist, often called an ENT doctor.
    — Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
  • At Kaiser Permanente East Bay, otolaryngologist Alexander Rivero is using AI to collect and aggregate ENT residents’ post-operative debriefs and other learning artifacts into longitudinal learning portfolios.
    — Spencer Dorn, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

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